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Is it hopeless, will they die out

2 weeks ago my tbh had at least 8 queen cells so I took half of them and split. this week all the cells are empty. all the larvae has been capped and few are left. no signs of eggs. hopefully the queens will make it back and start laying. i looked in them yesterday and didn't find a virgin queen, but the hives were extremely docile, does this mean anything. this is a feral swarm caught in april and my first time with bees. thanks for any help.

Re: Is it hopeless, will they die out

I would not panic until two weeks after the new queen hatched. I checked a hive last week for eggs exactly 13 days after the queen hatched. Not one single egg anywhere. I was beginning to think they were queenless....then on the last frame saw the queen. I am checking again today and I expect to find eggs.

From my experience, I have not seen eggs earlier than 10 days after the queen hatched....and It has been as late as 20 days after hatch to see eggs.